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Knock, knock who it is? But als it is Ed my local Chocolate Santa, a person of great repoire and respect in my eye,for not even my woman who shares my bed has a key to my secure apartment complex but Ed has been endowed this responsibilty of guaranteeing DonnieD never misses one of his aftermarket transfusion of joy.....:cool: So Ed has arrived at my door. Hello Ed says to Donnie. Donnie feels a glow, Ends follows up his greeting by handling me a cardboard box fill with Joy.,, and in good cheer I bid Ed good day and may he not be stuck in traffic on his journey elsewhere.

In my grumby hands lies 6 months of internet bullshit. Not usable crediti cards, idiocy, Italian language barrier but now the time of reckoning has come My by the blessed old artisan hands of my motorcyclista brothers over in V Twin land known as Italy. My heart races, and my loins tingle, and I finally have my custom tach stand that will fit my light kit.

As jah my witness, I could not find a single one that would. So $275, I'd like to say eat a dick to the company I got it from as the lagged, and didnt oblige DonnieDarkos request for appropriate packaging for its trek to its loving new home. Bent, disfigured and mangled, the loving hands of dd brought back here to here noble italian build

So with a continued sickness for natural ergal/aluminum, and titanium I show you my bikes new rhinoplasty... 2.4 lbs lighter per the manufacturer. I say maybe not quite. I nurled all routing tunnels so guaranteed no chewing. Accumen Gear Indi, and Rev Indi are ready for final install.

So despite the public unlubed raping on the shipping charges from Carpimoto, and then actually finding manufacturer who would ship direct for 80$ less DD will remain stoic about how he gets played in the consumer game. So the moral of the story... Love Chocolate Santa, he never judges you, just smiles and gives you your parts. It is the vendors that carry the burden of plunging there grim prices up our proverbial asses...

SO to that I say
:finger :finger you bastids got my money but I got my part didnt I:yesnod ****ers
 

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side shot...
sorry for the rant. I been waiting for this part for so long it made me mental.
Very good quality and exceptional build. Even though the part came slightly bent I was able to remedy fairly easily. Still weak though.
 

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So many of you might say big shit Double D got a fairing bracket... Well I looked till I was blue in the face. I bought a carbon one from OPP to have the build be so bad it was unusable. I still have not been charged back. **** OPP... They can Eat a Double D size cack. So after that I tried to get a Graves. nope. Morse Racing. nope. Attack. nope. etc. etc.... no one had one built to assume light kit.

So here it is lads.

The point of this mod by extension is the first step of me moving mass off the tope off the bike being the Tach Stand, Battery, Fuel cap, and hopefully an carbon tank. 4.7 lbs lowered to the lowest part of the bike. and @ 3.5 lbs off the top.

I am trying to see how flickable I can get my bike but in a street riding context. Being I want my biek to be as easy to ride as possible.

I have said this to friends in England who have got me parts it is amazing how hard it is to get simple but 'exotic' parts here. My girl laughs at me because I get all bent over it. :no
 

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Beautiful and purposeful made welds... :D
 

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I decided I want to try clean my tail with what little latitude I have. Being I want to keep my bike legal so I keep LEO less inclined to sweat me. I'm not losing my short stalks, or plate in OE mounted position.
However I removed the bracket off my Ohlins unit, and directly mount it horizontally opposed to how I had it mount before. Cleaner and more purposefull looking imo.

I always like to mount my lines as 'touchless' or floating as possible, in this case came out proper...

The rear brake I find obnoxious. A new AP unit with bracket is next mod. I'll miss the ti claiper pins...:D :2bitchsla sorry got to claim em... www.tastynuts.com will bleed eat away my 'hamburger' money faster then a slots addicted retiree to a gambling casino. I believe us ti freaks have paid for Louise's kids college funds...:no
 

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This is the yes I ride it shot.... everyday almost. Lever with the marks of being strangled by Alpinestar gloves all day. I despise my car. I use it for surfing and if I cant use my bike. The soiled levers my friends bust my shit about. I tell them to piss off and remind them they are metrosexual bike owners, and shouldnt be scared to let there ballsaks fall out of their stomachs. Plus I clean that shit off and a week later it returns...
 

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I like the Attack product. Expensive but modular, and affordable replacement parts if she gets binned. I am pulling off all the parts. I am getting them re-ano'd in the same 'natural' finish. shift rod to match. tie rod ends on the shift rod, and foot peg will get redone in the taupe color as seen...

Actually dawn on me tonite that my bike is starting to get a character to it. Most of all the parts in aluminum are natural. All ano' is in gold and Ohlins blue.
 

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Im going to hijack my thread here... For those who surf, or like Carbon Fiber.

Hollow. Pre-Preg. Monocoque. Dual Layer. Bi directional weave. Memory. Stored flex. The shit.
 

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The blue one ( Known as S Core) is built like an airplane wing, hollow, and weighs 4.5 lbs. Hand made by Matt Biolas.
 
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Back on topic...This is one last one for reference when I publish the finished build of the cockpit.

Old shot of the cast tach/fairing stay... Clear brake line tubing from more power (good on ya mate!!), and saftey wire kit will come on this next week... after I install some sweet little nuggets of ti joy...

:thumbup


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These wheels might be the ones to go on. I have waited the longest for the wheels as I want them to be the best and most appropriate for me. The PVM product and its MoI numbers and overall weight are excellect. A recent Sport Rider story had calculations of these wheels matching the weight some cast Magnesium units almost. Impressive. The color you see is a factory color from PVM. A friend photoshopped them on my bike. I liked it. New Ergal Ariete 90 stems await them, and new Pilot Powers for new shoes. Pending the seller getting his ducks in line I should have them soon:jump :D :beer :bandit
 

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My carbon sickness at a young age. This Mtn Bike I bought and built with my first photo incentives I got from sponsors when I first went pro as a snowboarder. Bike is circa 1997. Still 24.3 lbs. Still the baddest x-country mb and has its fair share of ti and carbon :2bitchsla ok sorry I am carrying on.:no

Note the Michelin semi slicks. I am a total brand whore... Full XTR gruppo, Goretex lined derailluer lines
 

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Carbon Fiber & Titanium Pen. Made by Libelle.
sweet...
 

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Why what is that... that wouldnt be carbon fiber droppings in the back ground. Why no... They are ti nuggets of Joy! They are ti bleeder bolts waiting to be nesting in there new adopted homes over on Nissin 6 Pot Lane Road, to be exact. The third is the runt and is getting sent to the OEM stock rear brake across town. He's bitter he's not staying with his brother but this is the life of ti hardware... poor little bleeder bolt.
 

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Discussion starter · #18 · (Edited)
One final one for the road...
iPod Nano case. Incredible build. Super strong. I shit the bed minutes after assembly dropping it. I got to see how my Nano and new case could pretend how to be rubber ball. Nano failed to be ball but case didnt. Built like shit brickhouse, comes with 3M clear application and with allen key for assembly. Trick.


I dont know what came over me but figured I would share some of my fetish with those who might get it...
:no :crash



...and I been :bandit and all happy my bike is coming together finally.

The other pics are shitty use of bandwith and gluttonous gloating over my shiny ti and carbon bits... You guys get the blame because of my senseless hours of being here. Yellowducking, Firehawk, BluR1, Rorlow, Chuckh, MartinC, Shane, R1Budha, R1Andrew, AnonymousR1 ... I demand your self banishment for corrupting my sense and making me buy ti before I eat...


Im done
:hellobye
:vanish
 

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:lol Nice post Donnie, thats some nice hardware, but you never did tell us who the manufacturer of that fairing bracket was....
 
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Manufacturer was good. Vendor lame. Carpimoto sold me it, it was like they didnt give a shit about doing the order. The company that produces the stuff is
here
 
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